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Calamistrate

Calamistrate \Cal`a*mis"trate\ (-m[i^]s"tr[=a]t), v. i. [L. calamistratus, curled with the curling iron, fr. calamistrum curling iron, fr. calamus a reed.] To curl or friz, as the hair. [Obs.]
--Cotgrave.

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calamistrate

vb. (context obsolete rare English) To curl (the hair).